Hi there! Do you have any fun weekend plans? Early tomorrow morning around 6:00 am, Angie and I are headed to the one day event called Junk in the Trunk! It's a HUGE indoors flea market style event. We are hoping to find a few treasures and trinkets :)Tonight I have a layout to share featuring a photo of Angie:

I surrounded her with die cut fall foliage and roses:

I just love this photo of Angie that was taken by a friend:

To create the background, I added lots of texture using a Tim Holtz stencil along with texture paste, various distress stains and Tim Holtz stamps. The layer immediately behind the photo, was cut using a Sizzix Tim Holtz die and grungeboard then coated with Distress Paint and Distress embossing powder:

I embellished with die cut grungepaper fall foliage and die cut roses that were made using Sizzix Tim Holtz dies:

and colored using various Distress Stains and added a layer of crackle Paint to the leaves:

The title is from a Tim Holtz stamp set:

For theme / color inspiration, I joined along with the current A Vintage Journey which is: The Colours of Autumn and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great weekend! Be Sweet ;)

How did you do that? How did you capture Autumn and put it on paper? I am sighing with delight! The colors, the misty background, the leaves...they all put me in mind of the little Vermont town where I grew up...those misty Autumn mornings where the leaves set the world on fire. Wow...this is just spectacular! Have fun at the flea market!

This is gorgeous!!!!I love everything on your page!!!!love the colour combo and the techniques you have used!!!Stunning work as always!!!Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us at Sketchabilities!

Wow, this is stunning, Mona!! What a beautiful picture!! You showcased it perfectly!! The colors, texture and design are fabulous!! The leaves look amazing!! I hope you have a wonderful time at the flea market and find all kinds of awesome treasures :)

I hope you did find some goodies at the flea market :-)?Your Layout is stunning again, dear Mona! Tthis beautiful photo is perfectly surrounded by the flowers, leaves, diecuts,..... and I love the colours!Enjoy your weekend!Evelyn

The flea market sounds like fun! Hope you find some treasures there. I ADORE your beautiful layout. The leaves and die cuts really add to that gorgeous photo of Angie rather than detract (which can so often be the case!) and the soft colour palette is so delicate to match the mood of the photo. Thank you so much for joining us at A Vintage Journey. Jenny x

Mona this is just STUNNING! I just LOVE all the elements and layers you always add! Of course the photo is FANTASTIC too!! Hope you ENJOYED your day with Angie.. that sounds so FUN! I hope you girls found some TREASURES!!!Have a GREAT day!

OH my is that fabulous Mona!! The colors and textures are soooo beautiful!! I love this one and what a wonderful way to show off the beautiful pic of your sweet Angie! Hope you girls were able to find lots of great treasures :)

Your layouts are always stunning Mona and this one is no exception. The photo of Angie makes a wonderful centrepiece and I love the wonderful stenciling, the distressing and the warmth of the autumnal colours. Thanks so much for joining in our challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne x

No one does layouts like you do, Mona & this is another amazing page! I love that you used purple as one of the Fall colors--I'm going to remember that! I can see why you love this photo of your sweet girl!

A fabulous layout Mona! Wonderful colours and such a fabulous design. Thank you for joining us at A Vintage Journey for our Colours of Autumn challenge (and apologies for such a late comment!). Jennie x

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Mona Pendleton

Hi there! Welcome to my creative space where I share my latest creations. Here are a few tid bits about me ~ I am married to my best friend, Scott and between the two of us we have 4 children ~ 2 grown young adults and 2 teenagers. I work as a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room. I'm so grateful and blessed to have the amazing opportunity to design for a couple of fabulous companies. I enjoy creating with stamps, dies, paint, ink, markers and anything else that allows me to be creative.

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